Tire carrier



Sepnvls, 1925. l 1,554,020

` H. P. MOWRER` 1 TIRE A611111111111 Fi1ed Feb. 26, 1925 2 Smets-shew. 1

l I l l l l Sept. 15, 1925. 1,554,020

H. P. MOWBER TIRE CARRIER Filed Feb. 26. -1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Seit 19225,

HDMER 1; Motivering or MARSIALLTOWN; IOWA.

TIRE CARRIER;

ApplicatioameafFebruary 26,' 1925i serial'Nd, 11,5ssr13 17o/@ZZ whom t may concern: A y

Beit known thati I, Herren P. Mownni; ay citizen of theUnited States;l residing` at Marshalltown, in thel county oiigMarsha'll and State of Iowa;` have invented` certain new andiusefulImprovements in rFire Carriersio whichthelfollowing: is a speeliica tion'greference being had to the accompanying'` drawings. v Thisinvention relates totire carriere and moreparticularly to a supporter ior vehicle tires* sei constructed that the tire may be locked in position'thereonzy An important obj ect ofi the invention istb produce device of' this character which .may bereadilyl constructed from sheet metal Such as malleable iron74 thus producing. a devicewhich is not subject-to breakage and which may be manufactured by stamping androllingythus reducingfthe'cost thereof. A ii'urther object of thel invention is to provide a'devicelto which the tire maybe veryv readily applied and having swinging sections which move to lock the tire in appliedposition and prevent reinovalthereof. rllhese andi other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanyingl drawings?.whereinfor the purpose of' illus' tration isshown apreferred vembodiment of 3U my invention and wherein Figure 1= is a' front elevation of a tireearrier constructed in accordance witlrmy invention Figure 2 is a planviewl thereof; Figure is a rear` elevation of the ap#- paratusy when@ in position i to receive a Atire Figure 4P is a section onthe .line di of? Figure 3;

Figure a section on t'heline 5--5of Figure 3; and

Figure 6 is a* detailed sectional viewon the line-6-6 of Figure 3.

Referring 4now more particularly totheV1 drawings, the numerali 10 designates acir'- L cular rearflange to which#A i'sA secu-red; the`v necessary" supports: 11V for-attaching the sup'porter` to" the?` vehicle; Projecting out' wardly from the "upper`- portion lof the inner A periphery offtlii's" flztngev for approximately" onethir`d` of its circumference is curifedi base ofr supporting'flange 12 havingat its outer edge upstandinfgfrontI flangefl, The flanges 10 and 13 are spaced troni-'one' another distance sutcient te admit en- 5 gagen'ientofa tl'e" .14 'and its rln 15 there'- between to forinwiththe `flange 121neans for' supporting theti're; t

T-he ende11 of' the'A flange'`r 12 have pivotedV similarly ciu-ved flanges le, theonnection between the iiangeslQ and 16j being indi'- 60y cated at l?. Theseange's 1 6 are eachoffa length slightly less' than' one-hali' off the remainder of the inner circumference of the, inner rim Sdthat their adjacent edges are spaced, as indicated at 18. 'Each of these 65k illangeshas proj ecting 1'outwardly therefrom at the outer edge thereofoutstanding' rim flanges-19correspondingto the outer flange 13 and forming a-co'ntinuation of' the same.` Each iange 19 hasitsgreatest widthat the 70 free endf thereof and decreases in width toward the hinged end of the section.y

It will be seen that twornova'ble' sections S', S" are thusiprov'i'ded, each having flanges 'O'lf tile" F'eCGpQI theibetwel'itof the" titel' 75 l'l-anditsrimlw Thesect'ionS has pivote'd" thereto a le've'ry 20;y thelpivotal conn'e'ctio'nr 21 beingati a I` point' intermediate th'e ends of thefsection".4 Atl a-similarfpeintQQ the section S has pivoted! theretb ay link;` the outer'e'nd of whichiS11 `ivotedtoy the lever14 intermediate fthe lends fthereoi, at 23. This linkVA and; leverl may be' thrownrinto align inent-- with one another aindwhen in alignment have 'coactingopenngsftf; for 'th'e` 85 reception of a5 lockingv eleinentf such as pad` loclr, indicated i at '26. their` thes'ear'ms are in alignment",` the? flanges 16 formi a` conf-v tin'uation of the flanges 12fandi ai circular base isf provided'equal-to the internal cirl 90` cumi'ere'nce ofA thetirerim- 152015 the tire 14E which is to be` mounted upon.` the car-rien! When; however,t the: linl and. lever'.v aref movedtoposi'tions shownin Figure^.3,-the` movable sections. are drawn? inwardly andi because-vof"- the' beveling ofth'e flanges 19, these ffiange'smove inwardly 'toa peintzwithin the circelmference-A normally described by' the: con-bined-A lar'x'ges"l 12" and 161so' that aA tire", the? upperf portion of whichv is' rested1V 100 up@ and; supported# by the-1 flange la andi r'iii sections 10, l'g'inayfbe slippedoverl the frangeeiie ana positined so thatirma'yben engagedi'between thelfanges'loandia InY y orderbeprovide aga-inst tendencyte' swing 105 onltgheptrt of the tirewhe'ri positioned on" thelcarrieirand the wstrain whieiiis'uoh, swingi ing 'o'iildf placev agaignet' the" pivots' lfI mount@ upon the' flanges 1 6y headed lugs* 2"(vl weer @maar siaseeiermed ai aeam- 11@ 10 at the lower section thereof engaging in these slots so that their heads will prevent separation of the flanges 10 and 1 9. It will be obvious that a tire carrier constructed in accordance with the foregoing may be very readily produced and that the placing of a tire upon this carrier is a simpleoperation. To do this, it is simply necessary to elevate the tire so that its rim will engage between the rims 10, 13 and rest upon the flange 1Q. Thelever20 is then engaged with the hand and moved upwardly until the rim sections 19 are moved inwardly a distance sufficient to permit passage of the tire rim and when the tirelis properly positioned, the lever is forced downwardly placing the flanges 10 and 19 upon opposite sides of the tire and locking these flanges 10 and 19 to 'one anotherso that the holder becomes solid and immovable. In this position, the lever 20 Vcan be locked as hereinbefore described. y Since certain changes being possible in the construction hereinbefore set forth without materially departing from the spirit of my invention, I do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed. y Y

1. A tire carrier comprising a segment adapted to support ak tire and provided upon opposite edges thereof with upstanding flanges, the inner flange being continued beyond the ends of the segment to provide a circular rim flange, a pair of arcuate segments pivoted to opposite ends of the first named segment and swingable to positions where they form continuations of the first named segment and produce a s'ubstantially complete circular band or to positions where they lie completely inwardly of the circumference upon which the firstnamed segment is arranged, means for shifting said segments and'for locking the segments in the firsty namedA position, aflange carried by each of said last named segments and opposingfthe circular rim fiange'of the first named segment, andl means locking the last named segments to the circular rim flange when the last named segments are in the first named position. Y

2. A tire carrier comprising a segment adapted to support altire and provided uponv opposite edges thereof with upstanding flanges, the inner flange being continued beyond the ends of the-segment to provide a circular rim flange, at pair of arcuate seg.

ments pivoted to .opposite ends of the first named segment and swingable to positions where they formA continuations of the rst named segment and vproducea substantially complete circular band or to positions where they lie completely inwardly of theV circumference upon which the first namedsegment is arranged, kmeans for shifting said segments and foljeleekregitlle Segmente ,the

first named position and a flange carried by each of said last named segments and opposing the circ'ular rim flange of the first named segment, and headed elements carried by the last named segments and extending into slots formed in said rim flange.

3. A tire carrier comprising a segment adapted to support. a tire and provided upon opposite edges thereof with upstanding flanges, the inner flange being continued beyond the ends ofthe segment to provide a circular rim flange, a pair of arcuate segments pivoted to opposite ends of the first named segment and swingable to positions where they form continuations of the rst named segment and produce a substantially complete circular band or to positions where they lie completely inwardly of the circumference upon which the first named segment is arranged, means for shifting said segments and for locking the segments in the first named position, a flange carried by each of said last named segments and opposing the circular rim flange of the first named segment, said flanges decreasing in size from the free to the pivoted ends of the last named segments and being disposed entirely within the circumference upon which the first. named segment is arranged when the last named segments are in the last named position, and means locking the last nalned segments to the circular rim flange when the last named segments are in the first named position.

. 4e. A tire carrier comprising a segment adapted to support a tire and provided upon opposite edges thereof with upstanding flanges, the inner flange being continued beyond the ends of the Asegment to provide a circular rim flange, a pair of arcuate segments pivoted to opposite ends of the first named segment and swingable to positions where they form continuations of the first named segment and produce a substantially complete circular band orto positionswhere they lie completely inwardly of the circumference upon which-the first. named segment is arranged, means for shifting said segments and for locking the segments in the first named position, and a flange carried by each of said last named segments and opposing the circular rim flange of the first named segment, said flanges decreasing in size from the free to the pivotcd ends of the last named segments and being disposed entirely within the circumference upon which the first named segment is arranged when the last named segments are in the last named position, and headed elements carried bythe last named segments and extending into slots formed in said rim flange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my Signature;

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